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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Turkeytown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Turkeytown and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Turkeytown:
    • 36.456172, -85.515804
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Turkeytown
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
    • Since Turkeytown is near Overton County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Overton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Turkeytown

Communities Also Named Turkeytown ...

We found four communities that are also named Turkeytown.

There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Turkeytown.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Carter County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Turkeytown [Carter County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Etowah County
      • This Turkeytown is located in Etowah County and lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<2> to the south of the Turkeytown that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Turkeytown.
    • Kentucky
      • Lincoln County
      • This Turkeytown is located in Lincoln County and lies 87 miles [140 km]<2> to the northeast of the Turkeytown that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Turkeytown.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Westmoreland County
      • This Turkeytown is located in Westmoreland County and lies 405 miles [651.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Turkeytown that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Turkeytown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Turkeytown ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Baptist Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Baptist Ridge is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Ridge
  • Butlers Landing ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Butlers Landing is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers Landing
  • Carlock
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Carlock is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlock
  • Greenwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Greenwood is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Harmony
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Harmony is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Hicks Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Hicks Ferry is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Ferry
  • Hix ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Hix is located in Overton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hix
  • Holly Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Holly Springs is located in Overton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
  • Sugar Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Sugar Creek is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
  • Timothy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Timothy is located in Overton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
  • Turkey Creek ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Turkey Creek is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Creek

How Far From Turkeytown to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Turkeytown to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Turkeytown once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Turkeytown and extending to:

  • Celina, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies just to the North.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Turkeytown to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 492 miles [791.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,359 miles [10,233.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,076 miles [11,387.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,951 miles [7,967.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Turkeytown could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Turkeytown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Turkeytown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Turkeytown to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Turkeytown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4562, Longitude: -85.5158       In this case, the coordinates for Turkeytown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.025 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.947 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.075 degrees.